Jeff pretty well captured the racing activity at the Quincy Raceways Summernationals event in his blog, so I will just add a few notes. For those of you wondering about the condition of Chris Larson, who was involved in the horrible crash in the IMCA sport mod first heat, he is back home, sore, but will be OK. Chris spent a few hours in the ER, but came away with a sore shoulder, bumps and bruises. On the other hand, his # 67L is destroyed. I was able to get a look at the car, and although nearly everything was twisted and bent, the seat and roll cage held up well. According to his partner, Pete Toubekis, they do have another car they will be putting together at some point. Racers Tony and Pat Dunker put together the added purse money for the sport mod purse, and since the field was a bit short of the 24 car starting field, they decided to donate the extra position money to Larson. There was also a bonus for the highest finishing veteran, and I believe this money was given to Chris as well. Nice gesture, fellas.
QR had the biggest crowd in recent memory, with over 3100 folks in the house. I hope the extra folks realize that the late night is not the norm at the Bullring - the final checkers waved about 12:30.
I was not able to follow the tour on to Jacksonville last night, but I see that Shannon Babb went back to back with a late model win, and Dave Weitholder picked up his first feature checkers of the year in modified action. Wisconsin late model driver Todd Frank, who has been on his top twice in the last ten days, including a hard flip at Quincy, was back in competition at Jacksonville!
I had a nice visit with former late model standout Jim Swank at QR. Jim is a former QR track champion who says after more than five years out of a race car, he cannot watch without the overwhelming urge to be back on the track!
Remember, the Hell Tour will be back in the area on Saturday, July 13 with a stop at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa.
In the meantie, we will maybe see you Racin' Down the Road.
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